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<strong>UNESCO</strong> Figure 18.6: <strong>SCIENCE</strong> Scientific <strong>REPORT</strong> publication trends in West Africa, 2005–2014<br />

Scientists from Gambia and Cabo Verde publish most in international journals<br />

Per million inhabitants, 2014<br />

65.0<br />

49.6<br />

0.93<br />

Average citation rate for<br />

Ghana, 2008-2012; the G20<br />

average is 1.02<br />

0.57<br />

Average citation rate for<br />

Nigeria, 2008-2012; the G20<br />

average is 1.02<br />

25.5<br />

23.2<br />

21.9 21.2<br />

15.6<br />

11.0 10.0 8.9 8.7 7.3<br />

5.8 4.1<br />

2.5<br />

Gambia<br />

Cabo<br />

Verde<br />

Benin Senegal Ghana Guinea-<br />

Bissau<br />

Burkina<br />

Faso<br />

Nigeria<br />

Côte<br />

d’Ivoire<br />

Mali<br />

Togo<br />

Sierrra<br />

Leone<br />

Niger<br />

Guinea<br />

Liberia<br />

Ghana now has the second-biggest volume of output after Nigeria<br />

2 500<br />

2 000<br />

Nigeria 1 961<br />

1 500<br />

1 000<br />

600<br />

1 001<br />

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014<br />

Ghana 579<br />

500<br />

400<br />

Senegal 338<br />

300<br />

Burkina Faso 272<br />

Benin 270<br />

200<br />

210<br />

208<br />

Côte d’Ivoire 208<br />

100<br />

0<br />

116<br />

110<br />

86<br />

71<br />

68<br />

68<br />

34<br />

19<br />

12<br />

5<br />

4<br />

1<br />

Mali 141<br />

Gambia 124<br />

Niger 108<br />

Togo 61<br />

Guinea 49<br />

Sierra Leone 45<br />

Guinea-Bissau 37<br />

Cabo Verde 25<br />

Liberia 11<br />

484

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